Bartleby the Inscrutable: A Collection of Commentary on Herman Melville's Tale "Bartleby the Scrivener"

by Co. Hamden

Compilation of critical essays using a wide range of analytic approaches, including biographical, philosophical, historical, and structural, to evaluate Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener."

238 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Mark Valentine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Imagine this, an entire book dedicated to criticism of Herman Melville's short story, "Bartleby, the Scrivener." Over a dozen critical essay have been collected that try to interpret the mystery of its interpretation. Is it Melville's existential musings of death? Is it Melville's portrayal of his relationship with his father-in-law, Lemuel Shaw, the famous MA Supreme Court Justice and lawyer? Is it the narrator's psychological double? Is it Melville's critique of Henry David Thoreau's isolationism? Is it the control of a capitalist system that puts walls around the individual? And much, much more.

Since I teach this story, after reading it, I feel like my mind has expanded.

[EvaLovesYA · Rating 4 out of 5]

En rigtig god kilde med dybdegående stof og en grundig gennemgang.
- Brugt på universitetet (litteraturvidenskab) til en litterær analyse af værket Bartleby the Scrivener af Herman Melville.